Folk dancing -- Appalachian Region, Southern.

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Bluegrass Roots - Originally titled, "Music Makers of the Blue Ridge" 1965. Documents the folk music collecting efforts of North Carolinian Bascom Lamar Lunsford.  Features footage of western North Carolina musicians and dancers, and includes footage from early folk festivals.

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Abstract The fourteen oral history interviews in this collection were recorded to contribute to the documentation of combined food and dance gatherings in eastern Kentucky. The interviewing effort is part of the East Kentucky Food and Dance Trail Program at Hindman Settlement School in Hindman, Kentucky. The Food and Dance Trail Program is directed at highlighting east Kentucky venues that encourage community building, cross-generational...

Abstract The Recreation Extension Service was formally established in 1937 under the direction of Frank H. Smith with the aim of increasing the appreciation of Appalachian cultural heritage through participation in recreational activities based on traditional folk material. Recreation Extension services included folk arts programming, the Christmas Country Dance School, the Mountain Folk Festival, the Country Dancers and other recreational campus groups, itineranct recreation services to schools and...

Scope and Contents This collection consists of video recordings of interviews and community dance activities in eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia, and east Tennessee recorded at various times between 1988 and 2002. Communities represented in the collection include: Carcassonne and Slade in Kentucky; Dante, Fancy Gap, and Chilhowie in Virginia; and Fall Branch in Tennessee. The three types of Appalachian dance that are documented in the collection include: old-time square dancing, flat-footing and clogging,...